First time skiing for first daughters

Saturday at Liberty Mountain Resort and Conference Center was just like any other day.

Families waited in lines to hit the slopes, skied, and snow tubed all day.

But one family - a First family - may have stood out.

The Obama family, sans the president himself, were surrounded by Secret Service agents as they donned their skis. For the girls - Sasha and Malia - it was the first time, said Anne Weimer, marketing director at Ski Liberty.

Michelle Obama and the girls arrived around 9:15 a.m. and spent the morning with instructors, Weimer said. The girls took to skiing well, she said. And after lunch, they tried it on their own, and then went snow tubing.

The ski resort knew of the First family's visit for a few days before, but was asked to keep it secret, Weimer said. No slopes were shut down while the family used it, and they waited in lines like everyone else.

"It was like a VIP visit," she said.

The family left around 3:30 p.m., heading the 30 minutes or so down to Camp David, where the president was to meet them to spend Valentine's Day together.

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